Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - MoonButterfly - GoodreadsPersian Fire is the second non-fiction book written by the popular historian Tom Holland. It is written in an easy-going narrative style that made his first book Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Errol Orhan - GoodreadsGreat story, awesome paralells with American foreign policy and, marvelously written. The Dutch translation, however, is annoyingly bad. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - George de Armas - GoodreadsSpanning the origins of the "Persian empire" from Cyrus through Xerxes, the author frames the narrative as the clash of cultures between the Persians and the fractured Greek city states. Well written and insightful. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - DC - GoodreadsThis was overall a decent book, and well researched, but I grew tired of Holland's smug, know-it-all tone towards the end, and was glad when I was done. (Also, no mention of Dienekes at all during Battle of Thermopylae, even though he's quoted. What gives?) Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Andrew - GoodreadsThis is a very well written and deeply researched military history. I have very limited interest in military history, though, which for me made it kind of boring. I'd hoped to read more about the ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Jill - GoodreadsThis was an interesting book. The author started weaving the threads of Persia, Sparta and Athens culminating in the victory of the west over Persia. Pretty ambitious and necessarily cursory but he ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Tom Darrow - GoodreadsI was really excited when I started reading this book. I'd read Tom Holland's previous book Rubicon and thought it was great. Once I had read Persian Fire, I came to the conclusion that Holland ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - John - GoodreadsThis is a narration of the events of the war between Persia and Greece around 485 BC. It begins with portraits of Persia, Sparta and Athens before discussing the progress of the war and the decisive ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Sara - GoodreadsHe begins with an objective stance, introducing the rise of Persia in the Near East, then he slowly infiltrates the once-neutral stance with unabashed hellenophilia - and that sneakiness really bothers me. Not to mention the hellenophilia. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - cindy - Goodreadsif you're interested in xerxes' invasion of greece, you'd like it. if you're not, then don't even bother. just watch 300 instead. Consulter l'avis complet
